The Four Freedoms Project II: Freedom to Worship GNE continues its residency at Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ with the second of four programs called The Four Freedoms Project, named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Four Essential Freedoms,” articulated during his 1941 State of the Union address in support of our allies in Europe ahead of World War II. Freedom to Worship is perhaps…
On December 15, 2018 at 8:00 p.m., Great Noise Ensemble will present the first of a series of programs called The Four Freedoms Project at Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ. Freedom of Expression includes two large works. Joshua Armenta has sets texts by Federico García Lorca in Sonetos del amor oscuro, for tenor and ensemble. In this world premiere, Armenta is…
Great Noise makes its debut at Georgetown University’s Friday Music Series with a partial repeat performance of the Travelogues program, consisting of selections from Armando Bayolo‘s The Books of Bokonon. The performance will be free of charge. The Books of Bokonon is a musicological tour through the Island of San Lorenzo based on Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle.
Symphony Number One will perform at TEDxMidAtlantic 2017 on October 28, 2017. Music Director Jordan Randall Smith will give a TED talk on classical music, followed by a world premiere by SNO Composer-in-Residence, Ben Goldberg.
SNO will perform Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, a major world premiere by composer Carolyn Chen, and a brand new arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner dedicated to The War Memorial Commission by local veteran and composer Mark Maarder. Presented In partnership with the War Memorial Arts Initiative, Joshua Bornfield, coordinator.
SNO will perform Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, a major world premiere by composer Carolyn Chen, and a brand new arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner dedicated to The War Memorial Commission by local veteran and composer Mark Maarder. Presented In partnership with the War Memorial Arts Initiative, Joshua Bornfield, coordinator.